The Watsons Go to Birmingham Ch 2, p. 25-30

Kids pick on Kenny for two reasons. The first is because he’s smart and loves reading. What’s the other reason?

• He is a vegetarian
• He has a lazy eye

• He always wears a hat
• He has a pet snake

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How does Byron suggest Kenny “fix” his lazy eye?

• Cover his eye with glitter
• Look at people sideways when he talks to them.

• Use a magnifying glass on his eye
• Wear an eye patch over his good eye

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Why does Kenny hope Byron will keep repeating grades?

• To challenge Byron academically
• To help Byron improve his grades
• To make Byron feel superior to his classmates because Kenny has noticed he has low self-esteem

• So Byron can protect him from bullies until he graduates from elementary school

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Who is Kenny’s “personal saver” and why?

• Jesus because he is everyone's personal saver

• Jesus because Kenny's religion believes it is

• Larry Dunn because he promises to protect Kenny from kids pick on him

• The new southern kid who gets on the bus with his brother because the kids will pick on him more than they pick on Kenny

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What does Larry Dunn do to the new kids?

• Ignores them then talks about them behind their back

• Offers to tutor them in computer programming

• Throws an apple core at them and ridicules them for being "country"

• Gives them a basket apples he picked from his garden

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CHOOSE ONE:

1. 1. Kenny wants to send off for a book. What does “send off for” mean? Why is this phrase no longer in use? What phrase would we use instead these days?

3. 2. Why is this chapter called “Give My Regards to Clark, Poindexter”? In other words, what does “give my regards to” mean, what is Clark, and who is Poindexter?

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Number?

• 2

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• 4

• 5

How does the bus driver respond to what Larry Dunn does to the new kids? Do you think a bus driver or teacher today would ever handle a bullying incident the same way the bus driver does in Chapter 2? Why or why not?

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Number?

• 2

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• 5